On-column separation of wax and asphaltenes in petroleum fluids

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4019-4028

  Goual, Lamia ^a   Schabron, John F ^b   Turner, Thomas F ^b   Towler, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL LIQUEFACTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CARBON NUMBERS; COLUMN SEPARATIONS; GRAVIMETRIC DATUMS; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; METHYL ETHYL KETONES; MODEL COMPOUNDS; NOVEL METHODS; PACKED COLUMNS; PETROLEUM FLUIDS; WAX CONTENTS; WAXY CRUDE OILS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 57849139473     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800516j     Document Type: Article

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